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giddy (gid′ē)

adjective giddier -·dier, giddiest -·di·est

  1. feeling dizzy or unsteady
  2. causing or likely to cause dizziness a giddy height
  3. turning or circling around very rapidly; whirling
    1. inconstant; fickle
    2. frivolous; flighty; heedless

Etymology: ME gidie < OE gydig, insane, prob. < base (*gud) of god, god + -ig (see -y): hence, basic meaning “possessed by a god”

transitive verb, intransitive verb giddied -·died, giddying -·dy·ing

to make or become giddy

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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